The Trump administration has made significant changes to immigration pathways for those whose legal status has been terminated.
As President Donald Trump seeks to remove illegal aliens and clean up the immigration system in the United States, this move could make it more difficult for refugees to fight the termination of their legal status. The new policy will begin on Wednesday, and it “reduces the time refugees have to respond to a notice of intent to terminate their status from 30 days to 10,” Fox News reports.
This change is designed to “mitigate potential risks” surrounding people who may have been admitted to the country but do not qualify for continued refugee status.
“A review of refugee processing policies and procedures implemented under the Biden administration indicates an alarming erosion of integrity leading to aliens being admitted to the United States as refugees when their identities, eligibility for refugee classification, and admissibility were determined based on incomplete records,” Department of Homeland Security (DHS) documents explain.
“The priority of expediency over quality encouraged a lack of robust interviews. Certain questions to ensure that aliens were eligible for refugee status prior to admission to the United States were omitted and this increased the risk of ineligible aliens being approved for refugee classification and subsequently admitted to the United States,” the document continues.
Zach Kahler, a spokesman for Citizenship and Immigration Services, noted that the DHS has found that “an alarming erosion of screening and vetting measures” was employed by former President Joe Biden’s administration. He claims this was meant to “rush processing and maximize the number of refugees admitted.”
By contrast, the Trump administration’s crackdown will mean that only those who are truly eligible will be considered for whatever status is deemed appropriate for their situation.
Of course, this change is not without critics. Krish O’Mara Vignarajah, president of Global Refuge, released a statement lamenting the people who will be impacted by this sudden change.
“These families did everything asked of them. They submitted to interviews, background checks and years of waiting abroad, only setting foot on U.S. soil once government officials approved their applications,” she said in a statement, claiming that DHS is now trying to “revisit those decisions on a 10-day clock, a notice period wholly insufficient to find a lawyer, translate documents, or get records out of a country they were forced to flee due to conflict or persecution.”
“In some cases, refugees may not even receive the notice before their ten days are up, effectively eliminating their only chance to respond. If the government’s case for termination is truly strong, it can afford to give people a meaningful chance to challenge it,” she argued.
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Sierra Marlee is a millennial whose hunger for the truth in a world of fake news has led her to write. Marlee also contributes to BizPac Review.
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